# The Minerals Consortium Will Result in Malinvestment Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/audio-mises-wire-1133748/the-minerals-consortium-will-result-in-malinvestment Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/audio-mises-wire-1133748/the-minerals-consortium-will-result-in-malinvestment.md Podcast: [Audio Mises Wire](https://stenobird.com/podcast/audio-mises-wire-1133748) Published: 2026-05-20T12:42:18+00:00 Episode link: https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/minerals-consortium-will-result-malinvestment Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.mises.org/2026-05/mises-144726_20260520.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/audio-mises-wire-1133748/episodes/the-minerals-consortium-will-result-in-malinvestment ## Resource Washington is pursuing industrial policy again, this time being an attempt to form a minerals consortium with other countries to secure minerals vital to US manufacturing. No doubt, this initiative will end up on the ash heap of bad policy. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/minerals-consortium-will-result-malinvestment ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/audio-mises-wire-1133748/episodes/the-minerals-consortium-will-result-in-malinvestment/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/audio-mises-wire-1133748/the-minerals-consortium-will-result-in-malinvestment.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.